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British police are scouring scoured a huge London park on Friday for an ex-soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges.

A 24-year-old man died at an Atlanta hospital after being found unresponsive at a jail that is already being investigated by federal authorities for potential civil rights violations.

A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells.

Rep. Greg Howard (R- Stonington) discusses the recent assaults on corrections officers. He weighs in on the impact of the Protect Act and what he’d like to see lawmakers do in the next session.

A former death row inmate in Connecticut, whose conviction was overturned in 2020, has pleaded guilty to a murder charge and been sentenced to 46 1/2 years in prison. Lazale Ashby, 38, entered his plea Monday as a part of an agreement with the prosecutor and the family of his victim, 21-year-old Elizabeth Garcia, his attorney, Joe Lopez, said Tuesday….

The End Solitary Confinement Act would prohibit the practice of isolating inmates and detainees with limited exceptions, while ensuring their due process rights.

It’s only been a few weeks since the “Growing Up Chrisley” star’s parents Todd and Julie Chrisley began serving their respective 12 and seven-year-long prison sentences on Jan. 17.

Carmela Mose is an inmate at Central California Women’s Facility and the winner of the Securus original hip-hop track contest. Her song, “I Think,” was chosen as the winner by the rapper Lecrae, who joined Mose for a studio session – the only one in 10 years that Lecrae has ever cried. LX News storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo meets them both...

A long-time Connecticut inmate and prisoner rights advocate recently had his sentence reduced by a few years. In 1998, 21-year-old Michael Liebowitz was convicted on a felony assault charge, according to his Department of Corrections profile. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison, which would put his release in June 2026. He is currently an inmate at Osborn Correctional…

Recent reporting on the federal prison system has revealed layer after layer of abuse, neglect and leadership missteps in the Bureau of Prisons — including failure to tell families when a prisoner is severely ill or dying.

A follow-up to an earlier Associated Press investigation finds that the crisis at the federal correctional institution in Dublin, California, is far from over.